There are three variants of the aircraft being produced ... employed by our own Australian Air Force, to the VTOL capable F-35B, and the more conventional carrier-based F-35C.

[Joel Vlashof] really likes VTOL fighter aircraft and is in the process ... and [Joel] hopes to achieve that in the near future. The real Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II project is controversial ...

The unusual Transwing aircraft design has the Navy's interest. The PteroDynamics CEO told BI the trick to creating it came from outside the industry.